Girl in Hyacinth Blue - Susan Vreeland - first published 1999
This novel is arranged as a series of short stories about the lives of the people who have owned a fictional Vermeer painting known as the Girl in Hyacinth Blue, starting with the most recent and moving back through time to Vermeer and his family. Some of the stories were more enjoyable than others - my favourite was the one set at the time of the Christmas Flood of 1717 - but on the whole it was enjoyable and gave me a good flavour of life in the Netherlands. It reminded me greatly of Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, which was also first published in 1999. 6/10
14th February 2010
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